[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bind \bind\, v. t. imp. bound; p. p. bound, formerly
   bounden; p. pr.  vb. n. binding. as. bindan, perfect
   tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to d.  g. binden,
   dan. binde, sw.  icel. binda, goth. bindan, skr. bandh for
   bhandh to bind, cf. gr. ? for ? cable, and l. offendix.
   root90.
   1. to tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain,
      etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in
      bundles; to bind a prisoner.
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   2. to confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or
      influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to
      the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.
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            he bindeth the floods from overflowing. --job
                                                  xxviii. 11.
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            whom satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years.
                                                  --luke xiii.
                                                  16.
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   3. to cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; --
      sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
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   4. to make fast  a thing about or upon something, as by
      tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt
      about one; to bind a compress upon a part.
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   5. to prevent or restrain from customary or natural action;
      as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
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   6. to protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge
      of a carpet or garment.
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   7. to sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to
      bind a book.
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   8. fig.: to oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law,
      duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to
      bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by
      affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
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            who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --milton.
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   9. law
      a to bring any one under definite legal obligations;
          esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
          --abbott.
      b to place under legal obligation to serve; to
          indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes
          with out; as, bound out to service.
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   to bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to
      appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.

   to bind to, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.
      

   to bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to
      absorb in.
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   syn: to fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
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see also:
bound bounden binding to bind over to bind to to bind up in 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bound \bound\, a. past p. of oe. bounen to prepare, fr. boun
   ready, prepared, fr. icel. b=uinn, p. p. of b=ua to
   dwell, prepare; akin to e. boor and bower. see bond, a.,
   and cf. busk, v.
   ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with
   to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound
   to cadiz, or for cadiz. "the mariner bound homeward."
   --cowper.
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see also:
bond busk 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bound \bound\, n.
   1. a leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
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            a bound of graceful hardihood.        --wordsworth.
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   2. rebound; as, the bound of a ball. --johnson.
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   3. dancing spring from one foot to the other.
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[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bound \bound\,
   imp.  p. p. of bind.
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bind 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bound \bound\, p. p.  a.
   1. restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
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   2. inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
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   3. under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
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   4. constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed
      by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound
      to fail.
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   5. resolved; as, i am bound to do it. collog. u. s.
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   6. constipated; costive.
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   note: used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound,
         hidebound, etc.
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   bound bailiff eng. law, a sheriff's officer who serves
      writs, makes arrests, etc. the sheriff being answerable
      for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually
      under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust.

   bound up in, entirely devoted to; inseparable from.
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see also:
bound bailiff bound up in 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bound \bound\, v. t. imp.  p. p. bounded; p. pr.  vb. n.
   bounding.
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   1. to limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of
      extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to
      lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to
      circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.
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            where full measure only bounds excess. --milton.
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            phlegethon . . .
            whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds.
                                                  --dryden.
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   2. to name the boundaries of; as, to bound france.
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see also:
bounded bounding 

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bound \bound\ bound, n. oe. bounde, bunne, of. bonne, bonde,
   bodne, f. borne, fr. ll. bodina, bodena, bonna; prob. of
   celtic origin; cf. arm. bonn boundary, limit, and boden, bod,
   a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit
   could be marked. cf. bourne.
   the external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of
   any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or
   within which something is limited or restrained; limit;
   confine; extent; boundary.
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         he hath compassed the waters with bounds. --job xxvi.
                                                  10.
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         on earth's remotest bounds.              --campbell.
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         and mete the bounds of hate and love.    --tennyson.
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   to keep within bounds, not to exceed or pass beyond
      assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion.
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   syn: see boundary.
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see also:
bourne to keep within bounds boundary 

[8] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bound \bound\, v. i. f. bondir to leap, of. bondir, bundir, to
   leap, resound, fr. l. bombitare to buzz, hum, fr. bombus a
   humming, buzzing. see bomb.
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   1. to move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession
      of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den;
      the herd bounded across the plain.
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            before his lord the ready spaniel bounds. --pope.
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            and the waves bound beneath me as a steed
            that knows his rider.                 --byron.
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   2. to rebound, as an elastic ball.
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see also:
bomb 

[9] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bound \bound\, v. t.
   1. to make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. r.
      --shak.
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   2. to cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as,
      to bound a ball on the floor. collog.
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[10] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bind
     n : something that hinders as if with bonds
     v 1: stick to firmly; "will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
          syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, stick, stick to
     2: create social or emotional ties; "the grandparents want to
        bond with the child" syn: tie, attach, bond
     3: make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "the
        chinese would bind the feet of their women" ant: unbind
     4: wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose syn: bandage
     5: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners";
        "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling
        shed" syn: tie down, tie up, truss
     6: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "he's held by a
        contract"; "i'll hold you by your promise" syn: oblige,
         hold, obligate
     7: form a chemical bond with; "the hydrogen binds the oxygen"
     8: provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"
     9: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "they tied
        their victim to the chair" syn: tie ant: untie
     10: cause to be constipated; "these foods tend to constipate
         you" syn: constipate
     also: bound
see also:
adhere hold fast bond stick stick to tie 
attach unbind bandage tie down tie up 
truss oblige hold obligate untie 
constipate bound 

[11] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bound
     adj 1: held with another element, substance or material in chemical
            or physical union ant: free
     2: confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages" ant: unbound
     3: secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining
        form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes" ant: unbound
     4: usually followed by `to' governed by fate; "bound to
        happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is
        destined to be famous" syn: boundp, destined
     5: covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on
        the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze"
        syn: bandaged
     6: headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often
        used as a combining form as in `college-bound students';
        "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for new
        york" syn: destined
     7: bound by an oath; "a bound official"
     8: bound by contract syn: apprenticed, articled, indentured
     9: confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly" syn: boundp
     n 1: a line determining the limits of an area syn: boundary, edge
     2: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of
        something syn: boundary, bounds
     3: a light springing movement upwards or forwards syn: leap,
         leaping, spring, saltation, bounce
     v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "the horse bounded across
          the meadow"; "the child leapt across the puddle"; "can
          you jump over the fence?" syn: jump, leap, spring
     2: form the boundary of; be contiguous to syn: border
     3: place limits on extent or access; "restrict the use of
        this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
        friends" syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit,
         confine, throttle
     4: spring back; spring away from an impact; "the rubber ball
        bounced"; "these particles do not resile but they unite
        after they collide" syn: bounce, resile, take a hop,
         spring, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
see also:
free unbound boundp destined bandaged apprenticed 
articled indentured boundary edge bounds 
leap leaping spring saltation bounce 
jump border restrict restrain trammel 
limit confine throttle resile take a hop 
rebound recoil reverberate ricochet 

[12] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bound
     see bind
see also:
bind 

[13] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

483 moby thesaurus words for "bound":
   highland fling, absolute, adjoin, affianced, affiliate, affiliated,
   allied, and jump, apodictic, apprenticed, articled, assembled,
   associate, associated, assured, backfire, backlash, backlashing,
   banded together, barred, befringe, beholden, beholden to,
   beleaguer, beleaguered, beset, besiege, besieged, betrothed, bind,
   blockade, blockaded, blocked, booked, boomerang, border,
   border line, borders, bounce, bounce back, bound and determined,
   bound back, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bounded,
   bounden, bounden to, bounds, bourn, box in, bracketed,
   break boundary, breakoff point, broad jump, buck, buckjump,
   cabined, cage, caged, cannon, cannon off, canter, caper, capriole,
   carom, ceiling, certain, chamber, choked, choked up, circle in,
   circumscribe, circumscription, clear, clear and distinct,
   clear as day, clogged, clogged up, cloistered, close in, closed-in,
   collateral, collected, committed, compass, compelled, compromised,
   conclusive, condition, conditioned, confine, confined, confines,
   congested, conjoined, conjugate, connected, constipated,
   constrained, contain, contracted, contrecoup, coop, coop in,
   coop up, cooped, copulate, copyright, copyrighted, cordon,
   cordon off, cordoned, cordoned off, corral, corralled, correlated,
   costive, coupled, cramped, cribbed, curvet, cutoff, cutoff point,
   deadline, decided, decisive, dedicated, define, definite, delimit,
   delimitate, delimitation, demarcate, demivolt, destined,
   determinant, determinate, determine, determined, devoted, directed,
   discipline, disciplined, divide, division line, doomed,
   draw the line, duty-bound, earnest, edge, encircle, enclose,
   enclosed, encompass, end, enframe, engaged, enshrine, enslaved,
   extent, extremity, fast, fastened, fated, fence in, fenced,
   fettered, finish, finite, fix, fixed, floor, fly back, flying jump,
   forced, foul, fouled, fox-trot, frame, fringe, frolic, frontier,
   full, galliard, gallop, gambol, gathered, gelandesprung, get, git,
   grand jete, guaranteed, hampered, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand,
   handcuffed, handspring, have repercussions, headed, hedge,
   hedge about, hedge in, hedged, hem, hem in, hemmed, high jump,
   high-water mark, hightail, hippety-hop, hop, hop along, hotfoot,
   house in, hurdle, immured, implicated, impound, imprison,
   imprisoned, in bonds, in chains, in duty bound, in irons,
   incarcerate, incarcerated, include, incorporated, indebted to,
   indentured, ineluctable, inevitable, infarcted, integrated,
   intended, interface, interlinked, interlocked, interrelated,
   intimate, involved, ironbound, jail, jailed, jammed, jete, jig,
   joined, jump, jump over, jump shot, jump turn, jump-hop, jump-off,
   kennel, kick, kick back, kickback, knotted, lap, lash back,
   lavolta, lay off, leagued, leaguer, leaguered, leap, leap over,
   leapfrog, likely, limen, limit, limitation, limited,
   limiting factor, limits, line, line of demarcation, linked, list,
   long jump, lop, lope, low-water mark, lower limit, make tracks,
   manacled, march, marge, margin, marginate, mark, mark boundaries,
   mark off, mark out, mark the periphery, matched, mated, measure,
   merged, mete, mew, mew up, mewed, moderate, moderated, morris,
   narrow, necessary, negotiate, obligate, obligated, obliged,
   obliged to, obstinate, obstipated, obstructed, of that ilk,
   of that kind, overjump, overleap, overskip, packed, paired, paled,
   parallel, patent, patented, pen, pen in, penned, pent-up,
   perfectly sure, persevering, persistent, pledged, plighted,
   plugged, plugged up, pocket, pole vault, positive, pounce,
   pounce on, pounce upon, precincts, predestined, predetermined,
   prescribed, promised, proscribed, purfle, purl, purlieus,
   purposeful, qualified, qualify, quarantine, quarantined, rail in,
   railed, rebound, rebuff, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recoil,
   register, related, relentless, repercuss, repercussion, repulse,
   required, resile, resilience, resolute, resolved, restrain,
   restrained, restrict, restricted, ricochet, rim, romp, rope off,
   run, running broad jump, running high jump, saddled,
   saut de basque, scant, scheduled, secured, separate, serious,
   set off, set the limit, shackled, shrine, shut in, shut up,
   shut-in, side, sincere, single-minded, ski jump, skip, skirt,
   snap back, specialize, specify, spliced, spring, spring back,
   sprint, stable, stake out, start, start aside, start up,
   starting line, starting point, steeplechase, step, step along,
   step lively, stint, stopped, stopped up, strait, straiten,
   straitened, strapped, stuffed, stuffed up, sure, sure-enough,
   surround, sworn, target date, tenacious, term, terminal date,
   terminus, tethered, threshold, tied, tied down, tied up,
   time allotment, tour jete, trammeled, trim, trip, trot, true,
   twinned, unambiguous, under obligation, underwritten, undivided,
   unequivocal, united, univocal, unmistakable, updive, upleap,
   upper limit, upspring, vault, verge, wall in, walled, walled-in,
   warranted, wed, wedded, wholehearted, wrap, yard, yard up, yoked

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